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M/V TWIN CAPES
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Max Depth: 121-130ft/37-40m
Entry Type: Boat
Bottom Composition: Sand
Aquatic Life: Might See Something
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Winter: Under 50°F/10°C
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M/V TWIN CAPES is a boat accessible salt water dive site, located in DE. The maximum depth is 121-130ft/37-40m.
38°30.90’N, 074° 30.90’W
This site is roughly 26 nautical miles due east of Indian River Inlet Delaware.
The M/V Twin Capes, a ferry christened 43 years ago on the Delaware Bay and retired after thousands of runs between her namesakes Cape Henlopen, Del. and Cape May, N.J., was sunk 06/15/2018 to become part of Delaware’s acclaimed artificial reef system. Twin Capes, whose sinking will expand and enhance fish habitat and offer extraordinary opportunities for deep-sea diving, went down at 11:55 a.m. on the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Artificial Reef – a reef so named because it lies equidistant from Lewes, Del., Cape May, and Ocean City, Md.
![](https://news.delaware.gov/files/2018/06/twin-capes.jpg)
While Radford, at 568 feet, remains the longest ship ever reefed on the East Coast, the 320-foot long Twin Capes may be the best addition yet to Delaware’s artificial reef system for both fishing and recreational diving opportunities.
Video of sinking;
wildwoodvideoarchive.com/cape-may-ferry-sinking/?fbcl...njl0ig7pkYXkhiMzs2WM